ABSTRACT
The aims of the broader study of which this project forms a part were first to describe the nutritional status of the sample population by means of regular measures of anthropometric status, food intake, disease and energy expenditure (with an emphasis on seasonal variation); and second, to identify the components of seasonal stress and the risk of stress among different groups of people. A third more long-term aim is to compare the findings with those from parallel studies in other regions of Mali amongst Fulani and Tamasheq populations (see Chapters 11 and 12 of this book).
